Anyway to revert Safari 5.1 to a proper downloads folder?

Hi

Well there definitely is a bug in 5.1 with PDF's even for people who are NOT using Adobe Acrobat. If the page is a frameset consisting of (say) two frames A and B, a link in frame A that is to a PDF that should open in Frame B using the target=B syntax in the link, the PDF will NOT open in frame B, but be downloaded. This is a bug that has been introduced in 5.1, and is not present in 5.05.

This bug is not associated with Adobe's Acrobat Reader; it happens when the internal Safari PDF browser is used and Acrobat Reader is not installed.

Cheers

C

I have to throw in my vote on this LOSS of a USEFUL feature. I used the old downloads window to paste in URLS to files and now can no longer do that. Yes, I would like this feature back.

I just discovered--while downloading the huge XCode 4 file from the App Store and having no idea how far along that download was--that download progress looks as if it appears in the new Launchpad application in the Dock. Clicking on that application brings up iPad- or iPhone-like "pages"; the last page, seemingly the one that opens when Launchpad is invoked, apparently shows any software being download. I see the canonical hammer icon for XCode/Developer Tools with a progress bar underneath.

If this information already has been discussed here, please pardon me; I just joined this discussion.

I'm using the version of Safari (5.1) that was automatically downloaded when I installed Lion (OS X 10.7), and I agree with all the comments here about a more visible download progress bar being needed in the newest version of the OS.

You are downloading XCode using the Mac App Store. This is unrelated to downloading using Safari.

Launchpad is new in Lion. Prior to Lion, Mac App Store downloads would fly into the Dock itself.

I stand corrected: just trying to help.

i am also really upset at apple for removing the downloads window. it was great to be able to drag any link into the window and it would just download it.

another of the many "workarounds" that i have to figure out to get my machine to work like it used to . i bought a new machine so i am forced to use this and starting to really hate it.

noone has figured out a way to get the downloads window back yet huh?

Running the exact same build of Safari 5.1 under OS X 10.6 and 10.7 illustrates the issue. The downloads window is available running under 10.6 but not under 10.7. Either code is there, and it's just disabled, or it's part of the system (or webkit) code and not the Safari application proper.

Filed under Problem ID 9991551

(Tested with build 6534.50 of Safari 5.1)

Any news on this? Is it possible to read the problem report somewhere? This popover is driving me nuts. I want to be able to view the history of my downloads 😟

I wish wj. One of the many dumb changes in lion, forcing "inovation" at you without opt out. This alone practically ruins safari for me. I live in a rural area, and we only have 1.2M dsl service here. Needless to say when i download something like a mac os combo update, i'ts a 2 hour download sometimes. I tend to hit download then close my browser window and hit up ichat or something to patiently wait it out. But now i gotta keep a stupid blank safari window open to watch my download for completion. This is just one of many enfuriating changes in lion. But none the less you're stuck cause when a new OS version is out, the last one is immediately end of life. It's not like windows where my games will continue to get graphis driver updates/fixes etc. With 10.7 10.6 is done with exception to maybe security updates and what not. So as an avid gamer like myself,i have to move with progress even if i despite nearly the entire OS. 😟